Dr. North is reacting to the wrong domain, as if a 'journalist' had written a false story and tried to pass it off as true.

North doesn't understand the domain of the article. We don't come here to get 'the news.' He is lost because he does not know where he is. Thus my statement was not a gross insult, but rather a nuanced one.

Ah, I have made myself misunderstood. I was just trying to flesh out the rather opaque post I made surrounding definitions.

It is you who have tried to explain, I presume, and it is you who are to be commended. Sincerely.

I'm pointing out that it is a little sad, and a bit 'funny' (or hilarious) that he has so mistaken the ground upon which he treads. And has done so with unshakable certainty. [a fault, in my estimation.]

If it was up to North he would probably have you stoned to death for making him look bad and then pen an eloquent justification based on something Rushdoony said- all behind a paywall.

I would like to comment on something he said that is important to me personally:

>Only because he had hidden behind his anonymous postings for years could he have pulled off such a hoax.

First of all, BM is pseudonymous not anonymous. A pseudonymous writer can be taken to task by his readership the same as a public writer like North (who I doubt would respond to criticism with as much congeniality and thoroughness as BM). Second, BM's real name is not a secret. It is public information that he has offered up. So again, he is not "anonymous."

For what its worth BM, your site is far more interesting than his, and cheaper too.

I'm pretty surprised at Gary North's follow up reaction. Dr. North has had his own set of incorrect facts over the years, and I'm not aware of him acknowledging these when called out for them. This doesn't diminish the value of his wisdom, yet he'd insist on a different set of standards for BM. Dr North, as a Christian in the greater Liberty movement this may have been a good opportunity for him to show some forgiveness to someone that's made a similar "error". If there's anything to forgive, that is. It was pretty clear to me that BM's writing was a work of fiction used to discuss the Culture talking point.

Culture and Libertarianism aside, I need to ask if there's something Christian about refusing a genuine apology from your fellow man.

I find it interesting that these Reconstruction types want to transform society , yet from appearances, they have troubles among their own kind. I think someone described Gary North as having OPD, obnoxious personality disorderhttp://theonomists.blogspot.com/

All this fuss seems like a big waste of time to me. No reason at all IMO to give GN any more attention than he's already received over this. If his business writings are any indication of his personal practices, the only reason he continues to write about this is an increase in hits on his site.

Will be nice when BM can return to writing about history, culture, libertarian theory, etc. : )

Since I believe this thing blew out of all proportions, here are some thoughts on the matter.

Bionic mosquito described a make believe scenario where an unrealistically idealistic society is at odds with how deal with real world problems.

I propose to call it henceforth utopia, a greek word for no place at all, perhaps, it will catch on.

Well read Gary North noticed it, commented on it, as though the place was real, and when learned about the mischievous scheme, went to town. on it.

This situation demands a full scale clickbait, there's so much here; mosquito is intellectually indebted to north and praises him whenever respect is due, mosquito is the brilliant newcomer on the libertarian blogging scene, jealousy, competition, shaming, sjw like denouncements, it's lovely.

It's a pity that north's stuff on lewrockwell is always worth a read, the lesson here is to how to turn all the drama into more views on both'ya sites.

Last note: North's attitude is very similar to Paul Gottfried's, both denouncing the trumpian revolution as irrelevant, and while north might be critical of dying msm, and gottfried proposes funding a libertarian tv news station as a recipe for winning the hearts and minds, they do seem out of touch at some issues.